Commitment

Commitment, an avant-jazz collective featuring saxophonist Will Connell’s considered bleating, Jason Kao Hwang’s soaring violin, William Parker’s earthy bass sojourns and Zen Matsuura’s attentive drumming, reassembles behind an impressive new two-CD set, Commitment: The Complete Recordings 1981/1983. Pioneering in their combination of Asian and African-American musicians, the members of Commitment were looking to come together, an attitude they’ll no doubt resuscitate 27 years after their last show.